Will Statins Prevent Heart Attacks?

Statins can help prevent coronary artery disease and lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. The benefit is greatest for people at high risk of heart attack and stroke.

Do statins increase life expectancy?

“The study showed that taking statins for 6 years reduced death from cardiovascular disease by 24 percent, and overall mortality by 23 percent.”

Do statins prevent second heart attack?

(Reuters Health) - - After a heart attack, taking one of the drugs known as statins can lower the risk of a second attack, but for people who go off statins because of side effects, that risk rises again sharply, researchers say.